MAORILAND COPPER COMPANY

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13491, 18 May 1907, Page 6

MAORILAND COPPER COMPANY

l Soke .specimens of i'copper, ore, claimed to be: very ' rich, ; sent forward from the Maorifend Copper Mine, situated in tho Aniseed Valley near Nelson, are on view in Messrs. Jones -.j and Coleman's window, in .Queenstreet Owing to the demand for wpp"r m _ late years the rise in the value of tbi, mineral has. been phenomenal; ~20 years WLI V' m u r^ t u pHc S was. £38, and-to-day. it-has touched throe figures. .It follows that any proposition dealing with copper is well worth attention. Th« Maoriland Copper ■it J*. « -proved *to contain ,«t least five groat lodes, which, unlike W y '!^ ner ve " turcs °f the- kind, are true., lodes and not 'pockets, bavins? fen"non* S^ d ,*» ; ,con».iderab!o droit Ore? £60,000 has beensnent in thoroughly tatMjtkmmc men , th « present company available to the public,; the directors desiring to immediately proceed, with the erec- > tion of. a smelter, instead of sending the ore away as -at present is done. It was intended to , olace these. 10.000 shares 'in Auckland, but the demand for them in the South is stated to be so great that but few .will bo available locally! Full particulars may be obtained from Messrs. Berliner and Co'.,, Victoria-street East. •-.